Reporting truthful facts is not giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

Say, for instance, that in 1943 Nazi Germany reversed course and would no longer enslave a portion of the populace, using them up until they were dead. Stating this fact shines a good light on Nazi Germany but reporting this fact is not giving aid and comfort. Spinning this change of heart into something absolving Germany's past actions in this regard, would be.

I do think Lincoln pushed past the boundary of tyranny at times. In Lincolns defense though he faced a much more mature threat than we do at the moment, with full blown civil war and succession already in progress. President Trump has been able to remain "by the book" to this point. Who knows what contingency plans have been in place.